On October 23, 2024
Letters

Do truth, democracy matter? Or ‘So what?’

Dear Editor,

Don’t we all need to answer Trump’s … “So What!”

Last week, unsealed evidence in one of Trump’s legal cases regarding efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election showed that in the hours after his Jan. 6 rally turned to violence and learning Vice President Mike Pence was moved to safety, Trump responded, “So What?”

Trump’s answer to everything is: So What!

So what if I want to be a Dictator?

So what if I lie?

So what if I throw my Vice President to the wolves?

So what if I incite my followers to attack the U.S. Capitol?

So what if I leaned on state officials to fix the election?

So what if I undermine democracy?

So what if I use the office of the presidency to enrich myself and my family?

So what if I break my oath of office?

So what if the only person I care about is me?

So what America?

So what will be your answer on election day to Donald J. Trump’s “So What?”

Paul Regan, South Woodstock, vice chair of Woodstock Democratic Town Committee

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